CCMtg05-18-98MinLongwood COiCty C s Chambers
Longwood r Florvda
May I
Present. Mayor R s[y Miles
Deputy Hayox R argent
estiand
Miller
heltones ithamcity Administrator
raldine D City c
Tay lobri, ityeA ney
sonnas airy s
Charle vChapman~mF Divisiones
sell c PolicerD vasvon
redRM ity Engineer v
Monvca Mvt chell, Dvi. of Atlmvnvsiratvve servaces
Mayor miles called a regular meeting to
order at 7.01 p.mR
~. 2. of SILENT MEDFTATION was FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF
3. COMMHNITY AxxDUHCEHENTS. There were no announcements.
a A. istr~ict /2 P Ion of Business Person of the
Month for MayCe1998.
Deputy Mayor Sargent e cognized S rilyn Lvgo, e
Bagels, I s business persons o h for May; h ing
the past t n years i ongwood. riginally
from C and M Lugo have five ch ildren~ M Lugo
baked foreL Bagels fordo years; Best Bagels s
breakfast antld lunch daily. Deputy Mayor Sargent said Mr. and
Mrs. Lugo were unable to be present.
B, ict A~ N nation of Business Person of the Month
foriJVne, 998.
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A. District pl Noml na Cion Co Business Advisory Council. ~
yor M,les regaestea to aefar the nom,nataon.
e. District xz Nom,nat.on to aws,ness Aawisory co~neii.
Deputy Mayor Sargent n hated s orlanao for
reappointment. Nommaaion oarriea by voce Dora.
Deputy Mayor Sa rgent reported on having eec ved a signal„ n
e ter from D Addison, C Enforcement D ember.
rther statednth Cheryl Melvin wa nteresteddi ruing o
this b ard. TTitnomina ron will besscheauled on ansupcomingn
agenaa~
6. UBLIC I
A. Peesentations.
arber, F pepartment of E oral
Protection - Vegetation removal fromnlakesme
arber r e program endorsed by t mmission
with Drespece t atn Island Lake (Mudd Lake).
understood w roject s there w highshopeseof
getting unaerwaythhowever, hetw e to speak about del dying
and asking that a addendum t thehproj ect be c siderea--to go
ahead and do the work i [he c 1 but hold off o the work i '1
e lake. If done earlier, heasaid there probably wou la haven
been a lot less biomass taken o of the system, b ith
plant geowth a believedui ould b a lot m ~wbuY the
nal w ~~n m zne r n for h swggeetion,
he said,uw snbecause of H enBi11 57, which provides through
aquatic plant m nagement,othe oppoetunity of e ing organic
sediment w ich i methi ng that has been c sidered in this
peoject. cept and there i not e ougn
documentationeana tnereaa any agencies woo know how t
handle i e time would proVmde m of t
site to s Sf H appropriate sorlimitedeorganlc sediment
val c n be done.'and would definitely suggest that be done in
eneecanala
s discussion regarding changes made by HB 5'1 and its
applicability t the lake. t does apply b
be a emption for the c nalrwnicn nwou ld allow r Val oftm
of sediment. n the lakem it does apply;
ttnereei Dugh d on Che water which could be
obta,~ea if ebere was more timeta
sibility w and M
dcprovide m e da tawa related t the Dwnole
projecaeandtr fight n the plants a lly growing a
would be a lot more biomass that wouldehave [o be nauledtaway .~
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s aone i fall o w,neer, ana ene eosta woela be
iess,l~onsiaering chat factor
Access to N rth Island Lake w s discussed. t lot o
angeline R ri Sy a arge a s possibly
aila ble. oThe possibility of u ing o of t t lots i
the n arbor Isle R Subdivision w s discussed. r,
both w up for saleeandvo oth could sell at any t
The s angeline and a otherbsmall s wer
also discussed with respectnto b ing t mallntoastage rhea
removed vegetation until it could be taken a y
advised that HB 57 did provide for e tablishing a
Megetative island. He further said this is going to be an
through on these types of pro]ects
state funding w s questioned and M aid the department
does have a ery T Dndnthat t ity might be
able to petitionuf suggested c acting the
department a theirrM iay. r Lovestrand
said perhapstthe grantsuwrit ingrconsultantmcoultlndo so.
Commrssroner Lovestra nd announced having a conflict of interest.
by Meputy Mayor Sargent, s d by
a to direct the cityde
negotiate for the purchase of
paopertyrc otheow of Rangellne Road,
med iately s utnof D nsnire Subdivision.
rther, to negotiate w empl e, d veloper
of Harbor Isle Reseeve, rto ask him to hold up o
the sale of o of his v ant lots o Island Lake
h (Mudd L ke) t allow the city to u it in
o~aer to oomeiete u,e weea r 1 proie~x.
iea by ~ itn commrseroner
Lo~estrana abstainr~g~ w
B. Public Input.
226 E discussed city code and health
iolationsei ash eAr Lake A ing
problems with r ing response from2the a ickeH
to her Bequests eforvrepai rs a owtheseRproblemsiso5he
requested the c n findna soluaion t r problems. ity
toff will i estmgate i s of concern that she ra rsed as to
wahon, 525 ~ e Boulevard,
heysnave taken to clea nmo Mudtl eLa kem (.i Bland
r LaketNOrth~ectlnd>cated that Mr. and Mrs. Clark, who resrde
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mediately t the north of the lot o angel ine Road being
ns Sdered for u inq t e lake clean o have registered
their c n with the subject lot being used dur inq the lake
clean outer
Church, o of property at 226 E. Lahe
refuteds~ ents made bynM Oshel about conditions on
hisnproperty and hrs responses [o her complaints.
Darla A. sanders, 127 Shadow Tra i1, discussed the platted city
S/D. ing the r mote Socation of this park and problems
ith peoplengoing back there, problems with a £ew fires s ver
the past few years, and the limited access to this area for o
A. Analysis of Water Consumption Ranges.
Mr. Smyth referred to the analysis eeport prepared by Ms.
ith Option s presented i the analysis
provided by M tchell. by
mmissioner Miller and carriednbydunanrmous roll
call vote.
B. Consider investment of 52,SOO to participate in
Chamber of C s present a d provided a brief synopsis of
the histoey and success of the program to date.
espouse to C r Lovestrand, M inberg said they
hadrhopes of not asking of or more than $S,000Wfrom each city next
year.
the need for a other c ee/group such
erg pointed t Chent nsportat{on s
ing a omplishments, rn my t
esponsible f ingi ng t majoret nsportation
playershandblocal governments toge[her in sem>nole county to work
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,. on nellabnrat,ve effort=.
and believes mere i value i orking
togetner a ought i prth joining for one yearnto see
what it na~aaohfor I.ongwooa.w
C. Approve CitY's participation in County/City Mitigation
Strategy.
Chief Chapman provided a brief explanation of the plan.
n airent ine nits
~ami~iscracor~c ~~eorwara w the Mitigation
Strategy Plan. o onaed by C x Miller
and carried by unanimous rolloca llsvote.
D. zoperty D mage from flooding on Wilameee Avenue from
Oak to Grant St.
mitn explained that drainage from Wilamere A
ing a d garage, n ing the lotuw salow. He
aiaathe c tthe problem w
$11 916. o e hadnsuggested putting a pumpson iheirtproperty, but
the engineer dad not believe rt would work.
Commissioner Miller said, feom his understanainq of the i
~ t quite a
drainage affects threenor four nomes in theca eefurtherhe
stated, the lot w not law, t oad i o nigh. H aid he
believed the e urf ac ing of Wildmere A scheduled in the
Capital Plan but his suggestion would bento look at the
possibility o Gigging up the road and a ing i right, i ing
kfdown t supposed t the a
fromroak t ither lower the roatl, or invert the center
of the road soothe load can drain.
erkel addressed s oP the inadequacies of the road with
respect to drainage and the vas ous ways to correct the problem.
aid she [nought e eryone believed the problem
eeaeastonbe c ted, but questioned whether it shoo la be done
now or wait untilethe new buaq et year.
Commissioner Miller thought, with respect to Ioweri ng t oad,
there w the s r line b ing compromised[ r
erkel s rthe s butwpossibly a r line would
talled,eifrtne road w s lowered,wbefore taking out
matnna a permit from St. Jonns' water
Ma g ent pi strict wouldabe required.
ved t ity
~ adminisiratorVto work out a so lutionhwith the
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engineer and br g t back at the next meeting. ~
Motion died for lack of a second.
it ler m ved to direct Che city
o look into lowering the r
eate another problem. Seconded by Deputy
Mayoro5argent.
estrand r sed a question about the need for a
permitsf romr5 awhat he c sid erect w repair o
replacement of a ing line. enthovght thisashov ld ber
repairxa tit w of providing a new servrce line,
but rep le ement of ansold one.
trict #5. and discussed code infractions
uch a signs beingsplaced i right of ways after 4 o p.m.
n Fridays and suggested a codeseenforcement officer be~scheduled
ork o the two officers' schedules be staggered i
order to haverat least o orking during the weekends to take n
of sign v io s well as, other violations that occur
during that trme.
and c ted that there w till a as rn
themcity whereow r linesmhave not been looped ec eating e
problems with lowtpressure a high chlorine levels, a d he
referred to a long s inq paoblem a the end o eider A
r locations i the Wildmere a and the culnde-
ongwood G suggested <hese projects should be
takenrc of yearrbyeyearMa nd should be provided for rn the
annual budget.
t #a. Mayor Miles requested information with respect i
discussion a ork s t paving alternatives, progress
with r e grants writer, and commencement of the
RangelineeROad project.
the first i ock responded he has been u nd
anyone i ingrthe technique and no place where thefr
materials can be purchased.
with respect to grants, Mr. smith aavrsea one grant, for
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nas bean r ana they a ookinq to see if were
rs money available fors thedpolice computers.
espect t angeline Road, M Brock responded t o design i
omplete and drawings h tetl t the c my engineers
collum, a esponseeis beingta Yed with the hopes of
ing Longwoodna imbursed, i t least a great
portion of t ock sa idrheli Chinking about
scheduling ahpresentation on the frnal plan by the city's
Brack gave a brief history of the project and said he believed it
e discussions relative t they would be
handled, a well a scherbelievedaneeded to be
addressed and suggestedea ork s n be held i order t
Miller preferred to place this o regular
agenda. mmissioner L and suggested i ould benhandled at
ing under thesAdministrator's Report, a
administrator can make suggestions, and Che commrssion can concur
or not.
s the c of the c schedule
the next ayenaan~naer ine naminiscDacor's
t px. Deputy Mayor Sargent reported that d ing t
ing, Sheriff Edinger a s departmen
not ifymngtthe communrtres of the availabilityhof community
Yhese workers could b tilized: banks of the c unty ditch, road
right-of-way m e. (such as the edges along Rangeline R
ady t nthe upcoming road improvements), clearingd
of lot on Rangelineoadjacent to (Island Lake North) Mudd Lake,
t $3. Miller discussed the i of city
Dell phones and thesprivate u of s ity pays
wally for its cell phones, swnethermtherewi ahb lanket fee o
charge by the m and now the city gets paitl for the private
calls. Mr. s aid i s difficult to control t
calls, a anyro ing. Mr. smrth saidvwill
provide the annualtcellaphonercosts.
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sea that people woala be
flooding t ambersaa tithe n ing on the i of parking
of A boatsh etc. askedethemmembers o
think seriously about amending the code witnfrespectmtosallowing
financial aspect and needed to get the auditors o ompany
elp e value. he fears the studymf rom the
my w ichbc ended i ouldepay [he bills and pay the bonds
off at $19 million w notwtotally reliable unless c med by a
and independent stutly. Ne also ina icafea c with respect
e potential liabilities, n ing t required
anlando snow s e progress i reducing t r going
from their plantminto the Wekiva and recycling totgolfwcourses
and a nursery has been suggested. xe referred to some
the final selling price might be. Putt.i ng the project on fast
track was discussed.
mith said he would follow up b that he believed a
engineer a well a e people wou la be
required t dtni s. a askeasifltheocommissron would
authorize tneepeople he would need.
Mayor M aid e oald be needed t
o bringfortn,wat the n ongara full scale
pia~na otnowtane city would enter intota~ae~onaact negotiations
re la tivetto ine parcnaee; i eea fora oats iae
as cant; ie a owner s day n eaaone, , order c onfirm
e financials; a nwnat theoc
that would be, setleonttnose finai ngslocou ld move to thesnext
phase of the p n.
Miller a h if he w n favor of
purchasingethe Facility ea Mr. Smith replieaahe was.
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Mayor Miles believes it is ene riynt t.me to Dons iaer this.
Deputy MaYOr Sargent w ted to know the price tag before a
decision i made a oapurenase. Discussion c ith
espect toswhat the r 1 price might b ingotheuprice tag has
fluctuated. and saidnne would like a study
done, whl ch wouldishownwnat a realistic price might be.
Mayor M aid t then w s for the
ity a ocproceedson bringing form a
plan fora to etnegot fated cost of .Sanla ndo
tilities. ensus carried by a voice vote of
cne oommieaion.
Drstxrct #<. No resort.
Pay Approved Bills.
B. Approve M Special M ing of May d, 3998, and
Regular M ing of May 4
C, and of Bid #18 -98, purchase 100 KW generator from
Florida Detroit Diesel Allison.
D. and of Bid #17 -98, Renovation of ballf ielas to Nidy
ompany.
E. Approve c onf iscat ion Account of
/` $6, 0 to Center tf oz to~tnCD iversion.
Deputy Mayor Sargent m ved t approve a
submitted. seconded by Commissioner Vacca.
Mayor Miles wished to consider Item D. separately.
peputy Mayor Sargent a ended his m approve
ception of I ended,
by C acca anai~arr iedaby
unanimous roll cal li~ote.V
Mayor Miles discussed the repair a of the fields at
Candyland and Reiter ea rks, It w ted ithat the fields w
sea for Sath Rutn and I,.i the Leaquenon softball. MaYOr Miles
aid he questioned the c the fields o and why i
ouldn`t be done i - e further noted ther<osts incurred
for the fields wasnabout 525000.
Miller s d the fields were in bad shape and felt it
was imperative they be repaired.
Mayor Mi 1es s n he w vo lvea w uth i the past,
they d intenancen tedhtneb$25, o00 expenditure
supporththe program when the c'itynoniy received $2,500 from
~„ cne oonoession atanas.
cc s-le-se~ls~
ewnat agreeaea witn Mayor
Mile ssa evpossibilitydof doing the work Sn-house b did
object tt hspend ing $25,000, e ity only reserves
$2t500, rn order to provide programs fortthecch ildren.
mite said last year the president of the league took him out
to the fields a of the problems w ted; but the
renovation of the fields was then put inethecbodget as Ms. Lomax
Commrssroner Vacca left at this point in the meeti nq (10:05 p.m.)
ock s d he believed the staff w capable of m intaininq
the fields b rebuilding them. r Lovestra nd
referred to tnenlack of m esgrass around City Hall
and asked if the city cou ldndonweed control.
i.th said the grass a ound City Hall was going to be killed
sodded and it will be sprayed for weeds by a ~
r Miller s requires proper e to reburld
andmdidrnot believe the city staff had the expertise~s
Mayor Miles a ked h axpayers will benefit. Information w
provided that sthe ratio of city to non-city participants in the
leagues was rncreas ing.
and m ved to approve Ztem 9
onded byrC Miller and c ied by a
three-one votemwithg deputy Mayor Sargent,
and and C Miller
mngsayeeYMayorsMiles v ingmnaysandowith
esponse t Mayor Miles, M tchell said the city had the
right t require a audit of theMO ron stand
eevenues based on the Concess ron StandMAgreementss
esponse t ssionee Lovestrand M hell n ted s
significant c angesrm e due t thesgar bage c ande
sale of the nursing home and that there was $12 mr11r ,tcity-
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/~ wide, rn the banx
unty ambulance being s nspert patients v ongwood
nsporting [ e pat'i entsnfollowingrLOngwood's e ergency response
c discussed.h eed to look i smdiscussed.
Appro ing the c unty c logos nole Vrslon as a
methodcof resolving the problem was mentronedmi
ing the City
NGSus~nessAA cryC cil, ar ing s -
(i)eMembership,aproviding f taggeri nq of terms upon the55
ration of the initial one yeayterm, changing the terms from
oneyyear to two years.
Taylor a ced proof of publication for this and all public
hearings listeduo a agenda. He then read Ordinance No. 98-
140] by title only. th
Mayor Miles opened the public hearing. No one spoke in favor or
in opposition.
and m close the public
lnq ion tby Deputy Mayor Sargent and
carried bysvorce vote.
~ Mi.11er m ved to adopt O roan e No.
98m140>~onseconded by Deputy Mayor saagentcand
carr lea by unanimous roll-call vote.
ix. - the city
Code CChapteN02- BAlarmcSysoems8 5 - Sty o caner
r Lessee of P espouse t ect ive O
reportserequired a d fees charged; byra ending
ragraph (a) a a deleting nP rageaph (b), to r
requitement form ual registration of s itymalarmhe
systems, a died fees, ana subsequenteannual
reg istratienoci
Mr. Taylor read orarnance No. 98-1408 by title only.
Mayor Miles opened the public nearing. No one spoke in favor or
rn opposition.
Miller m ved t close the public
nearing ion a by Deputy Mayor Sargent. and
carried bysvorce vote.
Millar m anpt ordinance No.
9e-l4 oe. seconded ny Deputy Mayor Sargent.
Miller sa is ine alarm companies a Ily
~. responsiblerfer the invalid alarms and asked the commrssron to
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inging i h legislation to make provisions for alarm 1
compadn ie sbto proper lytmaintaln the alarm systems.
Motion carrietl by unanimous roll call vote.
13. ending the budget for the fiscal
yeaOLneIONnN09 O and ending September 30,
1998, providing foebbudget ltransfers.
Mr. Saylor read Resolution No. 98-996 by tl tle only.
Miller m ved Co adopt Resolution No.
- by Deputy Mayor Sargent and
carrred byeunanrmous roll call vote.
Taylor reported that deadlines have been e ended for 1
days with respect t Florida W request for s
line expansion i othe Industrial Parkice aid city staffee
embers h e putntogether figures and it appears they look
favorableaas to doing the project.
15. No reporRR's REPORT.
16. A-JONAN. ~
The meeting adjourned at 10.25 p.m.
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~ ~ harles c. Mr1 Mayor
G.raldine D. ri~ City Clerk
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